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    BizTechTalk

  • BizTechTalk Briefs 10/27/2009

    Dan Keldsen
    27 Oct 2009 | 6:30 am
    Augmented Reality using Sketchup models - a small tutorial | Rudy van der Blomtags: no_tagSmall flash "Business model canvas" tool | Rudy van der Blomtags: no_tagProducing TRIZ Solutions: Odds of Successtags: no_tagPosted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.

  • BizTechTalk Briefs 10/26/2009

    Dan Keldsen
    26 Oct 2009 | 6:30 am
    A Web Game for Predicting Some Futures: Exploring the Wisdom of Crowds (EDUCAUSE Review) | EDUCAUSEtags: no_tagNITLE Prediction Marketstags: no_tagPosted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.

  • BizTechTalk Briefs 10/22/2009

    Dan Keldsen
    22 Oct 2009 | 6:30 am
    Interesting New Products and Inventions: surPLUShome produces Twice the Energy it Consumestags: no_tagPosted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.

  • BizTechTalk Briefs 10/21/2009

    Dan Keldsen
    21 Oct 2009 | 6:30 am
    SAP’s Gravity Prototype: Business Collaboration Using Google Wave | SAP Web 2.0tags: no_tagSAP Community Network Blogstags: no_tagPosted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.

  • BizTechTalk Briefs 10/20/2009

    Dan Keldsen
    20 Oct 2009 | 6:30 am
    Why media outlets want Facebook Connect - mathewingram's posteroustags: no_tagMicrosoft SharePoint Team Blog : SharePoint 2010tags: no_tagBlogging Innovation: A Day with Gary Hamel - Latest innovation articles, videos, and insightstags: no_tagPosted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.
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    Content Here

  • The world’s worst WCMS

    seth
    4 Nov 2009 | 7:43 am
    I just read Philippe “@proops” Parker’s tweet: there’s no “best” wcm, says @jarrodgingras, but is there a worst one? #fixwcm My 140 character or less answer is “No” but I have more to say so I will elaborate here…. There is no worst WCMS. In fact, I would go so far as to say that every WCMS [...] Related posts:What it takes to be successful in the new world of software Nuxeo’s Ian Smith has a great post about what it...Leading requirements You have just mentioned that maybe the pain you are...The Real World of Open Source Application…

  • 10 Django Master Class action items

    seth
    3 Nov 2009 | 3:33 am
    A couple of weeks ago I attended Jacob Kaplan-Moss’s Django Master Class in Springfield, Virginia. It was a great class and I walked out with a bunch of ideas for making better use of Django. What follows is a set of action items that I created for myself. Jacob was not this [...] Related posts:Attending Django Master Class I am looking forward to attending a Django Master Class,...Django Contrib Jacob Kaplan-Moss wrote very good post on the purpose of...Book Review: Django 1.0 Template Development I just finished reading Scott Newman’s book Django 1.0 Template... Related posts…

  • Should we start listening to Gartner now?

    seth
    2 Nov 2009 | 7:48 am
    I just read Matt Asay’s article “Time to upgrade upgrade open source perceptions of Gartner” where he gives Gartner credit for finally getting open source. His point is that Gartner has stopped steadfastly arguing that open source’s impact was negligible. On that point, I have to agree. Gartner has jumped onto the [...] Related posts:Gartner acknowledges open source before Bush accepts global warming … only just. Or maybe it’s a tie. Matt Asay...Advice for vendors dealing with independent analysts Alan Pelz-Sharpe, from CMS Watch, has written some great…

  • Is Drupal the right platform for whitehouse.gov?

    seth
    28 Oct 2009 | 7:10 am
    By now, most people have heard that whitehouse.gov has been migrated over to Drupal. Apparently, the administration has built a level of comfort with the platform with its experience using it for recovery.gov. While the Drupal community is doing high fives all around and equating this with being the most powerful CMS in [...] Related posts:Drupal 5.0 Released It has been a long time coming but Drupal 5...Do you need a blogging platform? Do you only need a blogging platform? I was reading this post on the definition of a...Drupal Panels Tutorial Readers of the Drupal for Publishers know that…

  • The CMS Myth on the value of drop-in labs

    seth
    28 Oct 2009 | 4:00 am
    The CMS Myth presents nice strategy for training CMS users: drop-in labs. The idea is similar to a college professor’s “office hours” where the professor schedules time in his office to field questions from students. In this case, it is a computer lab that an expert on the system staffs on a pre-set [...] Related posts:Usability and Intuition I am going to stop using the word “intuitive” when...eZ publish Extension Supports OASIS OpenDocument Standard eZ systems just announced an extension for eZ publish that... Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related…
 
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    Digital Landfill

  • 8 things that always worried you about legacy content, but you were afraid to ask about

    John Mancini
    5 Nov 2009 | 4:04 am
    Since joining Vamosa in 2001, Nic has helped transform the company into a sector-defining software and solutions company specializing in the emerging area of Enterprise Content Governance (ECoG). Nic has led the expansion of Vamosa in the US, while continuing to work closely with the UK team on Vamosa's strategy and vision for the recently launched suite of products.8 things that always worried you about legacy content, but you were afraid to ask about 1 -- Your content is probably not in the best shape.   One of the reasons why you are implementing your new ECM system is that you…

  • Scanning and capture experiences needed for latest AIIM survey

    John Mancini
    3 Nov 2009 | 5:34 pm
    Scanning and capture experiences needed for latest AIIM survey   We want to dig deep into motivations, issues and ROI for scanning and capture investments. What do you scan? Which processes work best? Outsourced vs centralized vs distributed? We need your input. The resulting Industry Watch report will be free for participants to download. You could also win a cool Samsung N130 netbook. Here's the link -- http://www.aiimhost.com/surveyTake the survey now.Have you downloaded the other AIIM surveys?  They're free.  That's right, free.

  • 8 things to consider when deciding to buy or rent OCR capabilities

    John Mancini
    2 Nov 2009 | 3:27 pm
    Kevin McQueen has a Product Management and Business Development background in the cloud based messaging and document management industries.  He currently works with FV Tech, which is an OCR Service Bureau specializing in providing Automated Data Entry/Document Management solutions to automate paper processing for documents like purchase orders, BOLs and EOBs.Buying software and hardware to enable and in-house Document Management application for data extraction and forms processing versus outsourcing the application should come down to a solid business case that includes quantitative…

  • Process automation is only as good as the weakest link in the process

    John Mancini
    2 Nov 2009 | 3:13 pm
    One of the points we try to make during our educational events (especially our ECM seminars) is that an automated process is only as strong as its weakest link.  In other words, you can automate all you want, but if there is piece of the process that doesn't work, it will drag the best of intentions and the best of automation to a grinding halt. A case in point.First, I will admit some ownership to the problem here by my/our procrastination.That said, some background. My daughter Erin is in middle of the college application process.  A couple of the schools she is…

  • A recap on AIIM #ecm e-book availability

    John Mancini
    1 Nov 2009 | 6:51 pm
    You can download in multiple formats from the AIIM web site.  You can download an audiobook from iTunes.If you are a supercool iPhone person, you can download directly to your iPhone and view it there by looking at the Stanza app, checking the Smashwords collection, and searching on author Mancini.If you want to check out a PowerPoint summary, go HERE.Want a list of what's in the first book, go HERE. Want to be part of the next e-book?  Click HERE.
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    Mark Logic CEO Blog

  • Frost & Sullivan Webinar Slides: The FDA Mandates XML

    Dave Kellogg
    5 Nov 2009 | 8:49 am
    Embedded below please find the slides from a webinar hosted by Frost & Sullivan today entitled The FDA Mandates XML: Maximize Your Investments Through Dynamic Publishing. The webinar was sponsored by Quark and EMC and had participation from PAR, Pfizer, and Frost & Sullivan.From a Mark Logic perspective, the question this begs is: where do you then put all the XML that you will be creating to comply with these FDA regulations and initiatives?At Mark Logic, we believe it should be stored not in a relational database and not in a content management system, but in an XML server (e.g.,…

  • Mark Logic in One Adjective-Filled Sentence by Jason Hunter

    Dave Kellogg
    3 Nov 2009 | 6:39 pm
    Embedded below please find the short slide deck that Jason Hunter presented at the recent Oakland NoSQL Meetup. I thought I'd share the deck here because Jason's mission was unique: we were sponsoring a meeting of people largely opposed to commercial software and definitely opposed to SQL databases, so he had to tread lightly, say what he had to say, and get out.Here's what he said.Jason Hunter Slides from NoSQL Oakland meetupView more documents from Dave Kellogg.

  • A Few Discounted Seats for MarkLogic Developer Training 11/10-11/12/09 in NYC

    Dave Kellogg
    2 Nov 2009 | 3:00 pm
    I'm trying an experiment here in helping to move the most perishable of all inventory: training seats.We have a few remaining seats in our upcoming developer training 11/10 - 11/12/09 at the Roosevelt Hotel in New York.If you register in response to this blog post, we'll provide a $500 discount. To register, send a note to training@marklogic.com and mention this post.

  • IDC Names Mark Logic Innovative Information Access Company to Watch

    Dave Kellogg
    26 Oct 2009 | 3:28 pm
    I'm very happy to report that IDC has named Mark Logic "an innovation information access company under $100M to watch." IDC's press release is here and a copy of the ($3500 a la carte paid) report is here.Excerpt:New technologies are eliminating boundaries between content and data to enable pervasive access to all relevant information. Contributing to this innovation is a group of small companies with the vision and technology to have an impact on the IT marketplace. IDC invited search, business intelligence, and content management companies with less than $100 million in revenue in 2008 to…

  • Mark Logic Profiled in San Jose / Silicon Valley Business Journal

    Dave Kellogg
    23 Oct 2009 | 3:15 pm
    Just a quick post to highlight a story in the San Jose / Silicon Valley Business Journal entitled Mark Logic in San Carlos Saves Customers from Drowning in Data.Excerpt:The San Carlos technology firm offers software that helps businesses store, organize and filter all the data they’ve accumulated, including e-mails and Web pages and other so-called unstructured information that isn’t easily manageable. It’s an increasing need for enterprises, as the nature of information changes. “It’s for the brave new world of unstructured information,” said David Kellogg, CEO of Mark Logic.
 
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    TakingAIIM

  • E-Healthcare Provides a Prescription for Universal ECM

    Carl Frappaolo
    28 Oct 2009 | 6:45 am
    Yesterday AIIM NE held their fall kickoff event. In a word WOW.  In many words: Once again, AIIM NE delivered. We had two guest speakers, Girish Kumar Navani and David Cochran. I now refer to them as the dynamic duo. Check out their resumes – their qualifications and experience are most impressive, and they both delivered excellent presentations. Although both gentleman hail from the e-medical records/healthcare vertical, the update they provided on the state-of-the-market concerning e-medical records was nothing short of a primer on the ECM market in general. The challenges faced by…

  • E-Gov - E-gads

    Carl Frappaolo
    23 Oct 2009 | 2:59 pm
    Yesterday I voted in the upcoming Boston City Councilor and Mayoral election – two weeks early.  Why?  Because I will be on the road making presentations at the Enterprise 2.0 Conference in San Francisco on Election Day, actually all that week. But that is not why I am blogging about it.As often happens to ECM geeks like me, we experience ECM moments in doing everyday things such as “voting”.  When I arrived at the election department in Boston City Hall, much to my surprise I had to wait in queue. (Apparently absentee voting is more prevalent than I thought. It was my…

  • IT meets KM meets E2.0 meets Innovation in the Boston Subway

    Carl Frappaolo
    6 Oct 2009 | 6:27 am
    Yesterday I was preparing for an Innovation Management training session I will be doing later this week. The sponsor, after reviewing my credentials asked “How you make the leap from information and knowledge management to coaching/developing innovation skills?  … Your background seems to be IT.” I provided what I hope was not too lengthy a response. In essence it stated that I view Innovation management as a fully ingrained component of KM, and IT as a strategic facilitator of both. Its interesting, but to many friends, family and colleagues my background appears disjointed. To…

  • Innovation is Not Serendipity or Discovery

    Carl Frappaolo
    5 Oct 2009 | 6:57 am
    Last Friday's cover of the Boston Metro proclaimed “ How recession is forcing creativity in entertainment.”  It’s an interesting article on how the current economy mixed with the advent of Web 2.0 is affecting the entertainment industry, but the title held a different appeal for me. Serendipitously, I am working on IAI’s soon to be released whitepaper on Innovation Management. The whitepaper includes the results of a 180 respondent survey on how innovation is managed in the enterprise.  In line with today’s headline, it came as no surprise that 70% of those surveyed…

  • Email Management and Government: Do as I say not as I do

    Carl Frappaolo
    16 Sep 2009 | 12:50 pm
    Nearly a year ago I posted a blog on the Bush Administration's attempt to not comply with a court ordered discovery of e-mails. In the blog entitled You Can Fight City Hall, I drew attention to the power of the courts in requiring compliance with e-mail records management mandates, "If such mandates can be successfully argued against the While House, is there any doubt in your mind regarding the ultimate fate your corporate e-mail management policy will meet? " Well, apparently not everyone was listening. "City Hall" once again tried to circumvent e-mail retention…
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    Project Shrink

  • Be Careful With Social Media: Words Of Caution

    Bas de Baar
    1 Nov 2009 | 2:59 am
    In episode 33 of The Project Shrink Chalyce Nollsh (PM Bistro) is talking about the flip side of social media; some words of caution when using new media as a Project Manager. In this presentation, recorded at the PMI Global Congress in Orlando, she discusses the following topics: New Media Never Sleeps Without Business Value, New Media is Just More Noise Suddenly, Everyone’s an Expert We Hate Being Vulnerable Not Everyone Wants to Participate You can click here if the episode isn’t displayed below. This recording is part of a session “Why Should You Care About Social…

  • Using Yammer For Frictionless Communication

    Bas de Baar
    26 Oct 2009 | 10:22 pm
    In this episode of the Project Shrink podcast Hal Macomber explains how he and his colleagues are using Yammer at Lean Project Consulting (LPC). They are creating “frictionless communication” with this tool that is similar to Twitter. He puts the use of this tool into perspective with the other tools used and currently in use at LPC. You can click here if the episode isn’t displayed below. This recording is part of a session “Why Should You Care About Social Media?” at PMI Global Congress 2009 by the PMI New Media Council. Other parts of this session can be found…

  • Why You Should Know What You’re About

    Bas de Baar
    21 Oct 2009 | 1:55 am
    “Know thyself” – Temple of Apollo at Delphi “I thought this was a blog about Project Management… uhm … Project Leadership?” Thanks for bringing that up. Yes it is. In my view a project is nothing more than a bunch of people interacting together to achieve a certain goal. And it’s the role of the Project Manager to make sure the sum of the interactions fulfills the desired goal. So, it’s about communication, and it’s your job to make sure communication is good. If people know what you’re about, what your thing is, they know when…

  • The Real Project Shrink.

    Bas de Baar
    20 Oct 2009 | 4:02 am
    It’s weird when people know you from your blog. Conversations get strange. You’ve never met a person, yet you think you know them. You associate them with the agile crowd, the lean posse, the social media gurus or any other label in existence. And presto, you have a whole set of assumptions about your conversation partner. It’s strange, but also very powerful. You can skip the obvious stuff and dive directly into some interesting topics to discuss. You connect faster. If you are involved on the internet, you can nurture the labels put on you. At least, so we think. Yeah,…

  • Why Should You Care About Social Media?

    Bas de Baar
    18 Oct 2009 | 11:21 pm
    At the recent PMI Global Congress in Orlando I did a presentation together with Cornelius Fichtner (ThePMPodcast.com) and Josh Nankivel (pmStudent.com). We focused on demonstrating the use of new tools to manage virtual teams and allow them to collaborate. We used Skype, Vyew.com and Google Docs to show how to work effectively with virtual teams and solve problems faster by integrating “out of town” experts. You can watch our presentation in episode 31 of The Project Shrink Podcast. You can click here if the episode isn’t displayed below. This presentation was the first part…
 
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    Content Management Connection

  • An Agency For Agencies?

    7 Nov 2009 | 3:16 am
    This entry is part 31 of 31 in the series Social Media I received the following message from a connection through Linkedin.  Hello, My latest position at an ad agency came to a close this week, as the company went out of business. I am forwarding you my LinkedIn profile in hopes that you or someone you know may be aware of job opportunities in advertising, marketing or social media. This request made me think about the “Agency business” and w...

  • Wikis in Knowledge Management Presentation

    6 Nov 2009 | 3:51 pm
    This is the presentation I gave at the Dublin Institute of Technology on 08/11/09. There were 2 masters classes in attendance (Knowledge Management & IT).Wikis In Knowledge Management Enabling Effective CollaborationView more presentations from mooneycol.

  • Apologies for Slow Response Times

    6 Nov 2009 | 3:47 pm
    I am without my own laptop for a few days as I manage a transition between jobs. So I apologize in advance if I am slow to respond to email, comments, or tweets over the weekend. I’ll be back at full steam early next week.

  • Going (to) Google

    6 Nov 2009 | 1:45 pm
    This is my last week at Endeca. The decision to leave has been a heart-wrenching one: not only have the past ten years been the best of my life, but my experiences at Endeca have defined me professionally. Moreover, Endeca is riding a wave of success with recent advances in our products, new relationships with key partners, and fascinating new deployments.  (You can read Endeca’s latest announcements in our newsroom). Ironically, it is this ver...

  • Google Books Has A Digtal Magazine Rack

    6 Nov 2009 | 1:23 pm
    via observer.com "In their never-ending quest to archive all media, from Web sites to books, Google is taking on the publishing world and scanning entire issues of magazines, ads and all." Permalink | Leave a comment  »
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    CMS Watch Trends and Features

  • Enterprise 2.0 Conference wrap up

    6 Nov 2009 | 6:06 am
    The (excellent) Enterprise 2.0 Conference concluded yesterday in San Francisco. Here are some thoughts on several of the key issues bandied about, including ROI, adoption, usability, SharePoint, and the evolving industry. My first observation is that the conference vibe was much more practical, and much less like a religious revival meeting than previous Enterprise 2.0 events. Some gurus complained about a lack of passion and energy, but I think Andrew McAfee set a great tone in his keynote when he exhorted the audience to replace liberation theology with more realistic goals. There was much…

  • Eight Pros and Eight Cons to SharePoint 2010

    29 Oct 2009 | 9:59 am
    If you've been following my twitter traffic as well as others, or following the unending stream of blog entries during and since the SharePoint Conference, you have probably been overwhelmed by the avalanche of information about SharePoint 2010.  There is certainly lots of buzz around the new product.  From the first keynote to the last session, Microsoft made sure everyone saw the improvements.  Executives like Jeff Teper and Tom Rizzo, product team members like Arpan Shah and Paul Ryan Duguid, and numerous MVPs all demonstrated various changes in the platform.  Steve…

  • Are all wiki tools the same?

    29 Oct 2009 | 5:08 am
    Are all wiki tools essentially the same? Our research suggests not. For a longer explanation, consult this KM World article.  To quote: From a platform perspective, many enterprises today do not suffer from owning too few wiki tools, but rather, too many. It’s not unusual in a large organization to see successful (or not) wikis running on as many as five different platforms. Inevitably, senior leadership comes to see a need for at least some degree of consolidation. But on which one or two platforms do you standardize? That is never a simple answer, especially when you need to…

  • Solr heads for an even sunnier future

    28 Oct 2009 | 9:23 am
    Anyone who's been watching the search space for a while knows that Apache Solr -- the popular open-source search server built on Lucene -- is the elephant in the room for a great many product-selection teams these days. It may be an exaggeration to say that most product-selection discussions begin with "What about Solr?" But not by much. The release of Solr 1.4 will no doubt only intensify debates over the virtues of build versus buy and open source versus vendor lock. Suffice it to say, Solr 1.4 is jam-packed with enhancements designed to make a Lucene-based search system more…

  • Google takes page from Microsoft playbook

    28 Oct 2009 | 6:22 am
    I was recently invited to participate in some early testing of Google's Wave product. As readers know, Wave has been described as a "SharePoint killer." My initial impression of Wave leads me to believe it's little more than hype. Adriaan seems to agree. However, I was amused by what I saw when I first visited the site. It seems that Google has taken a page from Microsoft's playbook in trying to "encourage" usage of Chrome, Firefox and Safari, while making use of IE challenging without "plug-ins." Perhaps Google's goal is to be more like Microsoft, not supplant…
 
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    OpenCms News

  • New Alkacon OCEE version for OpenCms available

    Alkacon Software GmbH
    12 Oct 2009 | 7:03 am
    Alkacon OCEE for OpenCms is a commercial extension for OpenCms that offers Support for LDAP, Clustering, Replication and improved performance. Full information about OCEE is available on the Alkacon website. The latest OCEE release version 2.1.1 is an important update that fixes a number of potential issues and introduces some new features and additions to OCEE version 2 for OpenCms 7.0 / 7.5. The most important new features in OCEE 2 are: Support for multi-staging scenarios with the OCEE Replicator: You can configure a "development" server that first pushes all generated content to…

  • OpenCms 7.5.1 release notes

    Alkacon Software GmbH
    28 Sep 2009 | 2:44 am
    This is the release of OpenCms 7.5.1. With OpenCms 7.5.1, some additional features have been added to the core system. Moreover, a number of issues have been fixed, including some reported security problems that affected the OpenCms Workplace. New features and improvements in OpenCms 7.5.1 Added context menu entry "Publish scheduled" to publish files at a specified date Added context menu entry "Comment content" to view and change the default properties of all files in a folder Added improved search dialog and delete resource option to all galleries Added selectable start…

  • OpenCms 7.5.1 released

    Alkacon Software GmbH
    28 Sep 2009 | 2:43 am
    Version 7.5.1 of OpenCms is now available for download. OpenCms is one of the most popular Open Source Content Management Solutions. This new version was developed by Alkacon Software GmbH with the support of the international OpenCms developer community. OpenCms 7.5.1 adds several new features to the core system. Moreover, a number of issues have been fixed, including some reported security problems that affected only the OpenCms Workplace. Main new features / improvements in OpenCms 7.5.1 Fixed issue #1759: XSS security issues reported by Security Focus (Bugtraq ID 35979) Added context menu…

  • Photos and presentations from OpenCms Days 2009 now available

    Alkacon Software GmbH
    23 Jun 2009 | 4:51 am
    OpenCms Days 2009 did take place from Monday, June 15 to Tuesday, June 16, 2009 in Cologne, Germany. This year's conference did focus on how OpenCms can be used to deliver top notch web projects and help to successfully overcome shrinking IT and marketing budgets. About 100 OpenCms users and developers gathered for this 2 day OpenCms conference and expo. This was the best opportunity this year to meet and mingle with leading OpenCms experts such as core developers, experienced consultants, executive decision makers and other OpenCms users. We hope everyone who attended had a great time at…

  • OpenCms 7.5.0 release notes

    Alkacon Software GmbH
    10 Jun 2009 | 1:12 am
    June 15, 2009: This is the first release of OpenCms 7.5 (7.5.0). OpenCms 7.5 is an incremental update for OpenCms 7.0 with a focus on backward compatibility. With OpenCms 7.5, several new features have been added and a lot of issues and security problems that persisted in the 7.0.5 release have been fixed. Main new features of OpenCms 7.5 Support for image cropping in image gallery New galleries with advanced AJAX features available in structured content and free page editor Galleries dialog now also support grouping of elements by category Support for tabs in the XML content editor…
 
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    CMSWire.com - All News

  • Thanks to Our Fabulous Sponsors (6-Nov-2009)

    6 Nov 2009 | 5:06 pm
    It’s been a busy week at the J Boye 2009 conference in Aarhus, Denmark. We’ve covered a few of the highlights here, and there are reams of tweets you can review here.Now just before we step out into a chilly Friday evening we want to say a big thanks to the current CMSWire sponsors (follow them on Twitter). It’s you who have kept our geek gears turning and the keyboards merrily clacking. We are thankful. Additionally, we know that travel budgets are down and that virtual events are up. Are you promoting a webinar or seminar? We offer highly effective event promotion…

  • Telligent's Newest Exec To Oversee Communications, Strategy Services

    6 Nov 2009 | 11:08 am
    While they may seem quiet lately considering the rush of social computing announcements coming out almost daily, Telligent (news, site) does not appear to be sitting on their laurels.As a provider of a newly revamped social software platform, Telligent is in one of the most competitive markets today. So they need to be on their game.To help them reach their goals they have appointed Kelly Brashear as director of services, reporting directly to the VP of Operations. His responsibilities? To oversee Telligent’s professional services team.Brashear has a sales and service background,…

  • Apache Emulator for IIS Smooths Platform Migrations

    6 Nov 2009 | 10:38 am
    For those of you who run a Microsoft web environment built on IIS (Internet Information Server), but still would like to run some open source applications and/or websites, there’s good news for you. Helicon Tech, a provider of web server enhancement tools, has released an Apache emulator for IIS 7. Called Helicon APE, it implements .htaccess configurations within the IIS web server. This includes almost all of the major Apache modules (35+ to be exact). The Helicon APE offers modification-free transition of Apache websites to IIS, simple configuration of PHP and Apache compatible…

  • Coveo Expresso: Free Enterprise Search For Up to 50 Users

    6 Nov 2009 | 10:03 am
    Advanced search technology developer Coveo (news, site) has just announced that it is making a beta version of its new Coveo Expresso search solution available for free in a move that is sure to please the small business market. Coveo Expresso Beta gives up to 50 users the ability to search up to one million desktop and email files as well as up to 100,000 intranet documents and can be installed by a company’s IT department — says Coveo — within an hour. Read full story... Follow us on Twitter

  • SaaS Project Management Service Integrates Zoho Docs

    6 Nov 2009 | 9:34 am
    Zoho’s (news, site) online office editing is a very popular tool these days as another service bags it to boost its own portfolio. Read full story... Follow us on Twitter
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    CMS Report

  • Make Your Flash Fancy: New CMS Expands Your Opportunities

    HelgaValerie
    6 Nov 2009 | 10:01 am
    Fancy Flash is about to launch a new product -  Fancy Flash CMS - a content management system of a brand new type. Fancy Flash CMS posesses a special novelty in the way the content is added and organized on a web page, and provides a great flexibility for the user. The know-how of Fancy Flash CMS is in an extremely wide range of actions you can perform from your admin panel: you can easily access and edit precisely any element on your web page without a single code line.  With this CMS you do not need to have any technical knowledge or use specific software: Fancy Flash is very…

  • When WCM is no longer fun

    Bryan
    6 Nov 2009 | 8:40 am
    This week, I spent a lot of time in various discussions on the negatives of Web content management systems (WCM). For all the excitement us CMS enthusiasts have for WCM, there is also associated frustration that threatens to dampen our spirit and kill the mission. At my day job, we have a WCM that was developed internally and is starting to show its age. This week's conversations made apparent to me that we not only have technical issues with the WCM to resolve but also some significant organizational and leadership issues. Some of the folks involved with the project have started to hit a…

  • Presentation on Scaling Drupal in the Enterprise

    Techini10
    5 Nov 2009 | 4:24 pm
    Jeff Rigby gave a revealing presentation on Drupal for the enterprise at a recent DPCI Drupal Seminar.read more

  • Ektron Version 8 Released

    Bryan
    5 Nov 2009 | 4:58 am
    Earlier this week, Ektron Inc. announced the release of Ektron CMS400.NET version 8.0. Version 8.0 builds on Ektron’s social software and enterprise Web content management to allow for the creation of sites that today’s web users expect. Version 8.0 includes the new eMarketing Suite, complete with the analytics, multivariate testing, drag and drop page assembly, ecommerce and enhanced site management tools that marketing teams can use to drive measurable business results. CMS400.NET’s enterprise Web content management platform has always been about giving marketing teams the ability to…

  • How to Deal With a BlackBerry Junkie

    CMS Report
    5 Nov 2009 | 4:17 am
    Harvard Busienss: "Unfortunately, these technologies are — to paraphrase military folks — inherently "dual use." That is to say, we can use them either to better focus on the task at hand or to multitask something else. Every university professor lecturing in America wonders which students are assiduously taking notes on their laptops and which are assiduously playing Scrabulous. Do professors really want to play "Big Brother" or block the digital deployment of their students', um, personal educational technologies? Of course not. And anyway, they can't — any more than King Canute could…
 
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    OpenEdit DAM Blog and News

  • October 2009 Release Notes for EnterMedia open source Digital Asset Management

    Julie Riley
    20 Oct 2009 | 1:19 pm
    October 21, 2009 - EnterMedia v.6.378 Here are the release notes for the latest, tested release of EnterMedia Open Source Digital Asset Management: Important Upgrade Info: We have moved the catalog fallback directory up one level (outside of the "tools" directory).  Any preexisting catalogs will need to have their fallback reconfigured.  This is located in the _site.xconf in the root of the catalog.  For example: To update the photo catalog in the included sample webapp, you would need to edit /media/browse/photo/site.xconf and change "<property…

  • Using Albums in EnterMedia open source Digital Asset Management

    Julie Riley
    20 Oct 2009 | 8:28 am
    Albums is one of the newest features of the EnterMedia digital asset management software. Albums provide users with the ability to easily organize, edit, and share their digital files. It also allows viewers to easily comment on their friends and co-workers digital files, helping them feel more connected. Users create albums by either uploading new assets or gathering one or more asset already stored in EnterMedia and grouping assets with a common theme or objective.   A screenshot of Albums display page using EnterMedia   Once your Album is created, the album viewer then provides…

  • EnterMedia Open Source Digital Asset Management. September Release notes.

    Julie Riley
    30 Sep 2009 | 11:30 am
    The open source alternative for DAM. Flexible and powerful, manage all of your digital files with EnterMedia Digital Asset Management. No vendor lock-in, free to download.   EnterMedia 6.285 September release highlights. - We have expanded the available options for viewing results sets with the addition of two new views: Audio View: This view is designed for use with audio catalogs and includes an mp3 player for each result on the page. Download View: This view is primarily designed for use with albums/galleries but can be used for any result set. It allows users to select all/none/some…

  • Why do I need permissions and roles in DAM?

    Julie Riley
    28 Sep 2009 | 7:52 am
    Henrik de Gyor's blog 'Another DAM blog' is by far one of the most informative 'How To' blogs for users of Digital Asset Management. Below is his latest blog posting, I highly recommend that you bookmark his link http://anotherdamblog.wordpress.com/  and read it monthly.   Why do I need permissions and roles in DAM? Any Digital Asset Management (DAM) solution worth implementing across an organization should have the following: The ability to assign permissions or access to various tasks in the DAM. This includes permission to: access assets and/or collections in the DAM preview…

  • EnterMedia Digital Asset Management, XML Files or a Database, Your Choice

    Julie Riley
    8 Sep 2009 | 1:44 pm
    EnterMedia digital asset management keeps track of data items such as User, Asset, Group, Download, etc. Each type of data is configured to use either a database or XML text files (1 file for each User). With EnterMedia, you can mix and match how you want to store your data. For example: User being in a database table and Group being an XML file. In addition, data can be stored in EnterMedia using several methods, such as: XML, Hibernate, Lucene, Cumulus, CSV,  JDBC, and DB4O. EnterMedia has an optional database connector compatible with all major database vendors and we do work on large…
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  • #fixwcm - some thoughts from the front line...

    James H
    5 Nov 2009 | 12:08 am
    Sadly, travel and work commitments have clashed with this year’s J Boye conference in Aarhus but I was pleased to see plenty of engaging Twitter and blog coverage from the first day’s presentations and, in particular, the opportunity to contribute via the #fixwcm hashtag on Twitter. No doubt the Twitter, blog and presentation file coverage of this debate represents a fraction of the overall debate so I risk going over old ground with this post but then, as a deafened person, I’m used to not hearing the full story and having to fill in the blanks sometimes - so nothing new…

  • Autonomy acquires Interwoven and what we have is the "Next Generation of WCM Platform"

    Dhruv
    3 Nov 2009 | 12:34 pm
    There has been lot of BUZZ around since Autonomy acquired Interwoven. And as many questions as well:

  • Monthly Roundup - October...

    James H
    31 Oct 2009 | 1:05 am
    I took a couple of months off between work contracts during the summer and my enthusiasm for writing was diverted elsewhere for a while – I started writing a book. Whether I ever finish writing the book is debatable as I seem to have established a reputation with my wife for starting things but not finishing them. It’s true that there are a few major DIY projects that have gone that way but in fairness I did complete several of those during the summer too. Spending quality time with the kids was great but unfortunately I’m not in a position to retire from work just yet and…

  • The 2009 Magic Quadrant for ECM

    Pie
    29 Oct 2009 | 3:03 pm
    Thanks to the Documentum voters splitting their time between two topics, discussing the recent Gartner MQ for ECM is today’s topic.  The voting was an interesting little diversion that I’ll revisit later. I’m going to talk about the report here.  The recent controversy around Gartner is a post for another day. Staying Out of Trouble Last year I was threatened (my word) by Gartner for putting a copy of the MQ here.  I was also chastised for several other nitpicks. So I will only link to Oracle’s courtesy copy of the 2009 Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Content Management this year…

  • Mapa esquemático de herramientas de gestión de contenidos

    Fernando Fernandez de Aranguiz
    27 Oct 2009 | 11:28 pm
    Es muy interesante este mapa esquemático que representa y relaciona las principales herramientas de gestión de contenidos. Ha sido elaborado por CMS WATCH. Mapa en formato JPG. Mapa en formato PDF.
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    DPCI blogs

  • Presentation on Scaling Drupal in the Enterprise

    jrigby
    5 Nov 2009 | 8:33 am
    Here's a presentation I just made at a recent DPCI seminar (October 29th, 2009). The subject is Scaling Drupal in the Enterprise. If you have any questions, please post them as comments here and I'll try to answer them. Jeff Rigby on Scaling Drupal in the Enterprise

  • re: Jeff Eaton's Blog Rounding up whitehouse.gov Drupal Implementation coverage

    jbachana
    3 Nov 2009 | 12:15 pm
    Here's a great roundup of coverage by Jeff Eaton of Lullabot on the Drupal implementation at www.whitehouse.gov. What interested me most about what happened last week was the concerted effort that the Drupal community made to respond to Chris Wilson's screed. I'm not suggesting that the Drupal community approached anything close to a coordinated response, we're far from that. However, I saw the glimmers of it on Twitter, through some emails among shops, with some coordination from some people at Acquia, and -- as Jeff pointed out in his blog -- with some help from Drupal fans outside the…

  • On Matt Asay's "R.I.P., open-source evangelism"

    jbachana
    28 Oct 2009 | 2:50 pm
    Matt Asay recently posted a blog on the notion that there is no longer any need for the open-source community to evangelize open-source, since it is a fete compleat. You can find his blog post here. I don't believe the evangelism stops, however (when has it ever in the history of humankind?). My sense is that the next phase in evangelism will be on open-source's efficacy in the enterprise. Certainly organizations from Symantec to the New York Times to whitehouse.gov have added to the legitimacy of open-source Web content management systems in the marketplace for specific brand sites. However,…

  • Messenger's Error(s): Chris Wilson's flawed rant about Drupal and whitehouse.gov

    cmcnamara
    27 Oct 2009 | 5:54 pm
    The White House's official internet home recently refreshed with Drupal as their foundation. Upon hearing the news, I, like so many open-source evangelists, was elated. Big win for Drupal and the open-source community. As my previous posts allude, I'm a big fan of Drupal. That being said, I have come to terms with the fact that it is flawed. I, like so many others, have blurted expletives at my innocent computer screen on account of Drupal's annoyances. While I wholeheartedly tout its strengths, Drupal does have its weaknesses. Still, seeing Obama's grinning face and knowing that Drupal was…

  • Automating Drupal Site Rebuilds With Drush

    jrigby
    5 Oct 2009 | 9:38 am
    Testing against an exact copy of a live site is essential to successful Drupal deployments. This, unfortunately, can be both time consuming and mind-numbingly tedious. If, for example, something goes wrong with an update script that changes the database schema you need to fix the issue, rebuild the database, and test again. A potentially laborious task. The process involves some variation of the following: Replace the staging database with the production database Update all the code to the latest development build using SVN Copy all the files not under version control (images, PDFs, etc.)…
 
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    ECM Briefs

  • Guest Post: The Next Big Thing for Media Management, By Damian Saccocio

    ECM Briefs Editor
    6 Nov 2009 | 6:48 am
    In the world of rich media, it was the publishers, broadcasters, and marketing agencies who first found themselves about a decade ago swimming in a sea of digital photos, large digital videos, various types of audio files. Today any organization with a marketing or communications need, by which I mean every organization, has a need to manage rich media - whether it's for talking with customers, partners, or often just their own employees. Today the content companies are rapidly exploring an important new phase of media management, one in which their content frequently traverses the corporate…

  • Open Text Optimizes Media Management at Timberland

    ECM Briefs Editor
    4 Nov 2009 | 12:13 pm
    Timberland is a global leader in designing, engineering and marketing premium-quality footwear to outdoors-loving consumers. Under the guise of many brands, including Timberland PRO® and Mountain Athletics®, Timberland has offices in North America, the United Kingdom and Asia. Before Open Text Media Management (formerly Artesia) was introduced, Timberland had no standardized process for storing digital assets. Images were stored on DVDs and shared drives and would eventually become archived by year. There were obvious shortcomings to this type of storage system, particularly with usage…

  • Speaking the Language(s) of Social Media: MTS Allstream and Bilingual Social Media

    ECM Briefs Editor
    27 Oct 2009 | 1:13 pm
    Open Text customer MTS Allstream, one of Canada's leading national communication solutions companies, is not only harnessing the power of social media - It's doing it in more than one language. Craig Brown, Senior Manager, Core Data Services, and Jeff Gluck, Senior Manager, Marketing Communications, share with iMedia Connection how MTS Allstream has used social media in French and English to build customer loyalty, bridge internal silos and elevate brand awareness. Visit here to read the full article, complete with lessons learned.

  • BEHR.com Paints the Ultimate "Do-it-Yourself" Web Experience

    ECM Briefs Editor
    20 Oct 2009 | 9:53 am
    It's the classic conundrum: You want to liven up a room with a new color but you don't want to hire an expensive designer and you don't want to create walls so bright that satellites can pinpoint them from orbit. This is where BEHR.com comes in. BEHR, using Vignette Content Management from Open Text, has created a dynamic Web site that ensures a successful do-it-yourself painting experience. Visitors to the site have a vast array of tools to help them pick, compare and test-drive colors. The Virtual Color Center is a cornucopia of colors, bundled into handy groups and variations. The…

  • Hydro-Québec: Achieving the Ultimate Intranet with Open Text

    ECM Briefs Editor
    13 Oct 2009 | 8:22 am
    Hydro-Québec generates, transmits and distributes electricity, mainly from renewable energy sources, in particular hydroelectricity. It also conducts research in energy-related fields and takes an active interest in energy efficiency. With over 20,000 employees spread across four divisions, Hydro-Québec had difficulty managing their complex intranet structure to communicate and share relevant information with and among their staff. Hydro-Québec was an active user of Open Text Content Server to manage enterprise content, however with eight Content Server instances and several in-house Web…
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    Story2.OH - Blog

  • New Twitter Virus: iq quiz

    jill
    5 Nov 2009 | 8:30 am
    I just got a DM that read: "u should take this iq quiz http://quiz6545.info". Hmmm. Seemed a tad odd so I asked Google. I found this on : I'm throwing up a search widget to track the Tweets about this. The search term is "iq quiz": UPDATE More on the spate of phishing schemes on Twitter from Scott Stratten of UnMarketing. He gives this advice if you think you've been phished: 1. Change your password. No one got access to your account because you used your pet’s name as your password (you do don’t you??). It doesn’t matter how crafty you’ve made it, if you hand them your login info,…

  • Sports Go Scripted

    jill
    5 Nov 2009 | 7:52 am
    ESPN has a scripted web series called NFL Writers Room. <object height="340" width="560"><param></param><param></param><param></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/pOf0zVLbD0M&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x2b405b&color2=0x6b8ab6" height="340" width="560"></embed></object>

  • Lying Down

    jill
    4 Nov 2009 | 7:07 pm
    I get a lot of traffic on this blog from the search string "lying down game". In case, you're not here on that search, lying down game involves taking a picture of yourself lying down... okay, lying down in unusual places I blogged about this internet meme in July as part of a post on generating user content and eliciting participation. Since then, I get a handful of hits every day from people looking for this subject. I'm not quite sure what these visitors are looking for. Just an explanation of a wacky web phenom? Instructions on how to play? Pictures of people lying down? If you're here on…

  • Love Letter to Flash

    jill
    1 Nov 2009 | 5:01 pm
    <object height="340" width="560"><param></param><param></param><param></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Yo7nTxFxCaE&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x2b405b&color2=0x6b8ab6" height="340" width="560"></embed></object> Watch the video, then read the love letters.

  • How to Engage An Audience

    jill
    1 Nov 2009 | 4:14 am
    The master shows us. Way back in 2006, Ze Frank practically invented user engagement and community with his web series the show. In this episode, he asked his fans to help create an earth sandwich by placing slices of bread at opposite coordinates on the earth's surface. He even provided a tool for finding your exact coordinates. <embed src="http://blip.tv/play/AYqOVQI" height="370" width="480"></embed> Find the opposite tool Why does this work so well? Why did so many people respond to Ze's call for action? First, because Ze had an engaged community. He'd been at it a while, collecting…
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    (CMS) News, Reviews, Interviews and Resources

  • Telerik Q3 2009 release features leading edge additions to all in one .NET toolbox

    5 Nov 2009 | 5:29 am
    Telerik, a leading vendor of development tools and user interface components for .NET, today unveiled its Q3 2009 release lineup, showcasing a number of industry-first additions to three popular Telerik products, including full ORM support for SQL Azure, and the introduction of a native report viewer and automated UI testing solution for Microsoft Silverlight. Continue reading "Telerik Q3 2009 release features leading edge additions to all in one .NET toolbox"

  • Joomla 1.5.15 has been released

    5 Nov 2009 | 3:32 am
    So far, November has been a slow month for news but looks like Joomla has seen a new security release with 1.5.15. Continue reading "Joomla 1.5.15 has been released"

  • Edentity Web Systems Launches Agility Managed Mobile Site for Cineplex Entertainment

    2 Nov 2009 | 8:51 am
    Edentity Web Systems announced the launch of the Agility managed mobile site for Cineplex Entertainment (Cineplex). The new mobile site enables users to search for theatre and show times directly from a mobile device at m.cineplex.com, and provides Cineplex with the opportunity to interact with their consumers wherever they go. Continue reading "Edentity Web Systems Launches Agility Managed Mobile Site for Cineplex Entertainment"

  • Typolight CMS 2.7 Review

    2 Nov 2009 | 6:21 am
    Typolight is an open source cms that has been slowly gaining in popularity in recent years. Today, we are going to give you an overview of the product with some commentary on how we feel about the product. Continue reading "Typolight CMS 2.7 Review"

  • TikiWiki CMS/Groupware 3.3 has been released

    29 Oct 2009 | 7:10 pm
    Further polishing Tiki3, the TikiWiki developers have released version 3.3. Continue reading "TikiWiki CMS/Groupware 3.3 has been released"
 
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  • Thanks to Our Fabulous Sponsors (6-Nov-2009)

    6 Nov 2009 | 5:06 pm
    It’s been a busy week at the J Boye 2009 conference in Aarhus, Denmark. We’ve covered a few of the highlights here, and there are reams of tweets you can review here.Now just before we step out into a chilly Friday evening we want to say a big thanks to the current CMSWire sponsors (follow them on Twitter). It’s you who have kept our geek gears turning and the keyboards merrily clacking. We are thankful. Additionally, we know that travel budgets are down and that virtual events are up. Are you promoting a webinar or seminar? We offer highly effective event promotion…

  • Telligent's Newest Exec To Oversee Communications, Strategy Services

    6 Nov 2009 | 11:08 am
    While they may seem quiet lately considering the rush of social computing announcements coming out almost daily, Telligent (news, site) does not appear to be sitting on their laurels.As a provider of a newly revamped social software platform, Telligent is in one of the most competitive markets today. So they need to be on their game.To help them reach their goals they have appointed Kelly Brashear as director of services, reporting directly to the VP of Operations. His responsibilities? To oversee Telligent’s professional services team.Brashear has a sales and service background,…

  • Apache Emulator for IIS Smooths Platform Migrations

    6 Nov 2009 | 10:38 am
    For those of you who run a Microsoft web environment built on IIS (Internet Information Server), but still would like to run some open source applications and/or websites, there’s good news for you. Helicon Tech, a provider of web server enhancement tools, has released an Apache emulator for IIS 7. Called Helicon APE, it implements .htaccess configurations within the IIS web server. This includes almost all of the major Apache modules (35+ to be exact). The Helicon APE offers modification-free transition of Apache websites to IIS, simple configuration of PHP and Apache compatible…

  • Coveo Expresso: Free Enterprise Search For Up to 50 Users

    6 Nov 2009 | 10:03 am
    Advanced search technology developer Coveo (news, site) has just announced that it is making a beta version of its new Coveo Expresso search solution available for free in a move that is sure to please the small business market. Coveo Expresso Beta gives up to 50 users the ability to search up to one million desktop and email files as well as up to 100,000 intranet documents and can be installed by a company’s IT department — says Coveo — within an hour. Read full story... Follow us on Twitter

  • SaaS Project Management Service Integrates Zoho Docs

    6 Nov 2009 | 9:34 am
    Zoho’s (news, site) online office editing is a very popular tool these days as another service bags it to boost its own portfolio. Read full story... Follow us on Twitter
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    Persuasive Content

  • Does WCM Really Need a Fix?

    As part of preparation for a presentation he gave yesterday at Jboye '09 - a few days ago Jon Marks set a challenge to his Twitter community; to give him examples of where Web Content Management fails. I admit I am not at the JBoye event, so I have missed ...

  • I Predict A (CMS) Riot: 1 hour, 6 People, 1 Wave, 1 Post

    Today we embarked on an interesting social media challenge, a few folks that I've started to hang out with virtually (and more recently in the pub) agreed to meet at a designated time in a Google Wave and set about writing a blog post - in an hour. There was ...

  • Prepare for an Analytics Revolution!

    Eric T Peterson - a veteran of the web analytics business, Principal Consultant at Web Analytics Demystified and author some of must read books on Web Analytics - has published a report on what he sees as the current revolution in Web Analytics. This report focuses on the needs for businesses to not ...

  • Inside the Google Walled Garden

    I admit I am a big Google advocate, I have spent a fair amount of time at their cool European HQ In London, at partner events and I even coded the first shipped iteration of our Google Search Appliance Connector (thankfully now looked after by proper developers!). Also, I admit ...

  • Google – The New Citizen Engagement Portal

    Recently I was fortunate enough to meet with David Pullinger from the UK governments Central Office of Information (COI), who are driving our government’s citizen engagement strategy  and mandating the policy around which government must adhere to. It was an incredibly absorbing meeting as we took a fast ride around all ...
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    The CMS Myth

  • What can three wise web monkeys teach us about CMS?

    Jeff Cram
    3 Nov 2009 | 1:17 pm
    I’m in muggy Orlando for a few days to present at Synergy09, Ektron’s world-wide user conference. By good fortune, I sat next to web operations guru Lisa Welchman at lunch, and then caught her keynote on ‘the three wise web monkeys.’ I find myself nodding along to pretty much whatever Lisa says, and today was no different. Us content management folks can use a healthy dose of web governance advice. Lisa is quick to say she’s not a ‘tools person.’ Meaning she stays far away from the nitty gritty of CMS tech. Her talk was a call to arms for the web community to drive change inside…

  • Machine Translation: Electric Car of the Language Services Industry?

    Steve Kemper
    27 Oct 2009 | 2:28 pm
    The Obama Administration recently challenged the language services industry to achieve “automatic, highly accurate and real-time translation between the major languages of the world.” It was a bold but reasonable statement, and one that directly challenges human translators and multilingual content professionals, whose work millions of people depend on to eliminate global language barriers. It has significant implications for CMS and content managers, too, as CMS tools and professionals increasingly need to efficiently manage multilingual web properties. I immediately wondered how the…

  • The value of drop-in labs

    Jeni Cram
    15 Oct 2009 | 1:18 pm
    Rolling out a new CMS is a challenging proposition. How you train and support your web authors can make or break the success of your CMS adoption and overall website.  Beyond training on new technology, each user brings a different level of technical experience, enthusiasm and available time.  Not to mention they all use the website in different ways. Drop-in labs are a great way to make the rollout process smoother. A drop-in lab is simply a set time where you invite users to a working session with staff on hand to help. Not only will the labs help reduce support calls and e-mails, but…

  • In CMS agency search, are you commodity shopper or strategic investor?

    David Aponovich
    14 Oct 2009 | 8:26 am
    The web content management consulting game can be rough and tumble for both the CMS service provider and client.  Speaking from an agency perspective, we see two very different types of organizations seeking CMS services – let’s call them the commodity shopper and the strategic investor. If it sounds as if it’s all about price, it’s not. We often ask: Where does your organization place value in obtaining outside help? Do you prefer someone who can get the job done -stat! – or an agency that will challenge assumptions and make strategic recommendations along the way to help…

  • CMS Marketing Suites: Sweeter in 2010?

    David Aponovich
    8 Oct 2009 | 5:30 pm
    With 2010 closing in, here’s one Web content management trend bound to make our predictions list for next year: You will tire of CMS vendors trying to sell you on their integrated marketing suites. It’s easy to see the future when it’s happening now. This week alone, I count at least three CMS vendors pitching webinars, or demos, or downloads of their integrated marketing tools, customer engagement suites, etc. Nothing wrong with the pitch – and, usually, nothing wrong with a CMS that can do more within the confines of the software. If past is an indicator, vendors will double down in…
 
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  • How can I use DAM to assist with preliminary research?

    Henrik de Gyor
    2 Nov 2009 | 1:00 am
    A Digital Asset Management (DAM) solution can be used for preliminary research even before considering other external sources/vendors to acquire new assets or before creating new assets. You may already have what you need internally, so it may be worth looking inside your organization first. A DAM should  able to provide users with “for placement only” (FPO) assets for consideration in a project. These FPO assets could be watermarked by the DAM to easily discern between a lower quality FPO asset (which can not be published as is) and the approved asset for use in a project with…

  • Digital Asset Management Los Angeles 2009 Conference

    Henrik de Gyor
    21 Oct 2009 | 6:00 pm
    On November 9 and 10, 2009, I will be a guest presenter at DAM LA 2009. This is a two-day DAM conference held  in Los Angeles where I am scheduled to present on the following topics: Dealing with Costs, Budgets and ROI How do we budget for costs of implementing a DAM solution as well as the ongoing costs of operating a DAM? How can we measure return on investment in a consistent manner and justify the expenditure? We’ll explore real world cases and the pitfalls to avoid. DAM and Change Management As soon as we begin implementing a new DAM within an organization,we will need to deal with…

  • How do I explain what I do for a living with DAM?

    Henrik de Gyor
    6 Oct 2009 | 2:00 am
    People will ask you “What do you do for a living?” If you work with Digital Asset Management on a daily basis as I do, there are a few ways you can answer this question. You could: Explain what you do in some detail, sometimes boring and/or confusing the average person. Blab on and on, creating more hot air. Give your elevator pitch: a simple, concise introduction to what you do for a living. Before I had a simple explanation meant for the average person, I also confused lots of people (which is unfortunately really easy to do nowadays).  It took me a while to come up with this…

  • Do you use permissions and roles with your DAM?

    Henrik de Gyor
    29 Sep 2009 | 3:00 am
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  • Why do I need permissions and roles in DAM?

    Henrik de Gyor
    27 Sep 2009 | 11:00 pm
    Any Digital Asset Management (DAM) solution worth implementing across an organization should have the following: The ability to assign permissions or access to various tasks in the DAM. This includes permission to: access assets and/or collections in the DAM preview assets in the DAM add/append/edit metadata to the assets in the DAM upload assets to the DAM download assets with transformations from the DAM order assets (such as licensed assets in the DAM) delete assets in the DAM version assets in the DAM report on assets in the DAM do specific tasks with these assets from the DAM The ability…
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    Irina Guseva

  • Things We Hate About Content Management

    Irina Guseva
    23 Oct 2009 | 8:49 am
    By The Motley Crew (== Jon Marks, Adriaan Bloem, Irina Guseva, Ian Truscott, Justin Cormack, Andrew Liles, The Spirit of Philippe Parker) It was a lovely Friday morning/afternoon, and we were Waving. The experiment initiated by McBoof (yes, that one) brought together 6 CMS folks from around the world. The event gathered together analysts, journalists, vendors, system integrators to Wave on a topic that was decided at [...]

  • Open Source Nuxeo ECM and DM Go OpenSocial-Friendly

    Irina Guseva
    19 Oct 2009 | 6:39 pm
    Open Source ECM vendor Nuxeo included several new features in the latest release of Nuxeo Document Management. Nuxeo DM 5.3 highlights include support for OpenSocial API, tagging, SharePoint and interoperability with CMIS Server as an add-on component. On top of that, Nuxeo EP 5.3, the vendor’s enterprise content management system core, reached the RC stage. Nuxeo DM 5.3 [...]

  • Open Source CMS Jahia Kicks Off Non-Compete Partner Program

    Irina Guseva
    19 Oct 2009 | 6:30 am
    Jahia, an open source CMS vendor, is on a quest to further penetrate the U.S. (among others) market in addition to its French operations. The new global Jahia Business Partner Program gives partners more control and flexibility with free presales support and various levels of certification, including those for VARs and SIs scenarios. According to Jahia, [...]

  • Day Reports Q3 2009 License Revenue Jump

    Irina Guseva
    18 Oct 2009 | 6:29 pm
    Gotta admit, I am about to run out of the (semi-) witty headlines for Day Software that continues to build on the momentum and report bright financial results quarter after quarter. That is, let’s not forget, following the not-so-bright period a bit of time ago. After reviewing and changing their accounting policies, doing a bit of a [...]

  • Report: U.S. CMS Market to Explode due to Open Source

    Irina Guseva
    11 Oct 2009 | 5:36 pm
    That is a conclusion Basex, an analyst and research firm, came to in a (at times, admittedly questionable) report entitled Content Management Systems: The New Math for Selecting Your Platform released in September 2009. The researchers are saying the content management market is set to explode in the next several years, and open source CMS vendors are [...]
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    RRSquared

  • Balloon Boy - Learning From The H1N1 Of Viral Marketing

    Rob Rose
    25 Oct 2009 | 6:25 am
    The entire nation is absolutely captivated by the Balloon Boy and his parents.   Since it was determined a hoax, the range of emotions are just amazing.   We're angry with Richard Heene, and his wife.   We're now suddenly horrified at celebrity-worship.  We're breathlessly reviewing good parenting techniques (Jon and Kate seem to also bear some of this blame).  And, we're simultaneously self-congratulatory that cable news can uncover the hoax, while broadcast news exploits it.And it's also a great lesson for us as we put together our content marketing…

  • Hope - An Inconvenient Marketing Idea

    Rob Rose
    15 Oct 2009 | 1:00 am
     I'm posting this in participation with Blog Action Day.  This is, as their site states "an annual event that unites the world's bloggers in posting about the same issue on the same day." The goal is to raise awareness about a certain topic, and centralize everyone's topic on one day.   Bloggers are encouraged to incorporate whatever it is they normally talk about into the theme.  This year's topic is climate change. So... I wanted to write about hope....  No matter what side of the argument you fall on - and this isn't what this post is about - I think…

  • How 5 Norwegians Schooled Us In Marketing Relevance

    Rob Rose
    11 Oct 2009 | 11:37 am
    Quick - who won the Nobel Peace Prize last year?   No Googling.  To qualify for the prize you have to know right off the top of your head.   I dare say none of you raised your hands.   It was Marti Ahtisaari - the former Finnish President, and mediator.  He won for "his important efforts... to resolve international conflicts".  But, here's the thing - I dare say that if I ask that question again next year - you'll all know the answer. That's how an "interesting" choice can help our marketing... Say what you will about whether or not President Obama…

  • The Death Of "Digital" Marketing & The Birth Of Something New

    Rob Rose
    4 Oct 2009 | 11:11 am
    In the summer of 2006, scientists announced they had manipulated two different butterfly species and created a third, distinct species.  This success was very different from hybrids, which evolution tends to dislike.  An example of this is the mule - a sterile hybrid bred from a donkey and a horse.  Now, the mule is a successful hybrid - useful for carrying equipment and kicking field goals in Disney movies  - but is itself a reproductive dead-end.  No, this in fact was a new species that would evolve on its own.The same thing is happening to digital marketing....So, conventional wisdom…

  • Omniture/comScore The Bigger Deal? Who Needs Accuracy, When You've Got Consistency

    Rob Rose
    27 Sep 2009 | 4:51 pm
    I think comScore's partnership with Omniture may actually turn out to be a bigger deal for online marketers than the Adobe acquisition.No doubt, it's been a big couple of weeks for audience measurement.First off, Adobe buys Omniture, and not but a few days later, comScore and Omniture announce a partnership to launch a unified audience measurement system.   If you missed it - basically they are combining comScore's method of analyzing data by measuring a panel of users, and Omniture's method of measuring data collected by the browser.  But why is this a big…
 
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  • The Whitehouse.gov does Drupal!

    30 Oct 2009 | 11:29 am
    There is much debate in the webosphere about the White House’s switch to Drupal.  Tim O’Reilly’s article offers insight into the project if you first need a little background info.  Slate’s Chris Wilson titles his article, “Message Error: Why Running the White House Web site on Drupal is a political disaster waiting to happen.” Some tweeple oppose Wilson’s view:   @sheldonrampton: A rather ridiculous anti-#Drupal screed from Slate after WhiteHouse.gov migrates to it: jr.ly/x2em Running the White House Web site on Drupal is a political disaster. - By Chris Wilson... And more…

  • Implementing Sitecore - from all perspectives

    23 Oct 2009 | 4:04 pm
    So I mentioned some Valuable Sitecore tips in my blog post last week. And I started thinking about various perspectives that make a content management system really successful. Plus, I also got several requests to post some more information, so am finally getting around writing some more stuff that can help you Sitecore guys out there. A background in .NET does help in evaluating a .NET CMS from different perspectives and its really important to think from the actual client's perspective and understand that a CMS implementation is only successful if it has been completely accepted by the…

  • Sitecore Rendering using .NET code

    23 Oct 2009 | 3:32 pm
    Some Sitecore developers prefer using XSLT as a way of rendering content on a Sitecore website. It does allow a non- .NET Developer some really easy ways to render regular content pages but can become extremely complex once you start building dynamic pages with dynamic content. XSL also poses several performance issues as the site grows and thats where C# and .NET really comes handy. In this post, I will talk about rendering fields using .NET code with web controls. This allows .NET developers to enjoy the same simplicity of rendering various Sitecore field types available in XSL, and it also…

  • Sitecore - NET Web Content Management

    20 Oct 2009 | 10:01 am
    So I just finished setting up a website on Sitecore 6.1. I've worked with several .NET Content Management Systems in the past before but none comes even slightly close to leveraging the features of .NET 3.5 as much as Sitecore does. Multiple sites can be setup and running in Sitecore with an ease and its really a product designed for a distributed Web presence. Sitecore includes the capacity to manage content on multiple Web sites directly and cost-effectively. It is hosted on the server and doesnt rely on client-side browsers, and thus simplifies ongoing maintenance and support costs.

  • Editor Managed Personalized Flash in Open Text

    14 Oct 2009 | 1:29 pm
    Some of the exciting features we built using Red Dot CMS and Live Server and Flash. The functionality is related to building a content managed personalized flash component in Red Dot, which can be placed on any page of the site. INTRODUCING Prasanth Nittala as my GUEST BLOGER. Prasanth is a technical architect with Oshyn and is a thought leader integrating Web 2.0 with current ECM. Background: Most of the websites include a flash component to highlight the features of the company, and for providing the users with the high level features that the site/company offers. But most of the times,…
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